Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1918 — THE LITTLE LAD [ARTICLE]

THE LITTLE LAD

By Agues Lee of the Vigilante* To me it’s always the little lad Afraid to speak his name. But he was one of the first to go. When his heart received the flame. He used to steal from the shadowy room. And over Jhe lighted stair. If dismal tales were being told. But he won the Croix de Guerre. He clutched my hand when the thunder broke. He paled at the lightning’s glance. But he met the Teutons face to face, And fell with the sons of France.